Persecution Complex
A young Bolshevik revolutionary’s unlikely and bloody rise to power
By Gary Saul Morson Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878–1928 By Stephen Kotkin
The Crisis Up Close
Wandering our warming world
By Natalie Angier Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet We Made By Gaia Vince
Cruel Spring
A dark time in the city of light
By Charles Trueheart Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune By John Merriman
To Flee or Not to Flee
The stigma of failed courage
By Jennifer Michael Hecht Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Cowardice: A Brief History By Chris Walsh
Champion of Modernism
A literary life on the edge
By John Tytell Wednesday, December 10, 2014
“Literchoor Is My Beat”: A Life of James Laughlin, Publisher of New Directions By Ian S. MacNiven
Breaking the Bonds
How runaway slaves got North
By Louis P. Masur Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad By Eric Foner
Hell and Back
By Phil Klay Wednesday, December 10, 2014
No Man’s Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America By Elizabeth D. Samet
For Better and for Worse
The aftermath of a disorienting divorce
By Clellan Coe Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Feast Your Eyes on This
What does the flurry for recent food movies say about our obsessions with all things culinary?
By Sandra M. Gilbert Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Jazz and Bras
Add basketball and you have a few of my favorite American things
By Brian Doyle Wednesday, December 10, 2014
The Director Who Named Names
Reconsidering the legacy of Elia Kazan
By Wendy Smith Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Traveling Corpse
How an American sergeant’s journey through frigid North Russia inspired a work of historical fiction
By Andrea Barrett Wednesday, December 10, 2014
